Verba Nominalia: Or, Words Derived from Proper NamesTrübner & Company, 1866 - 357 psl. |
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Verba Nominalia– Or, Words Derived from Proper Names Richard Stephen Charnock Visos knygos peržiūra - 1866 |
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According acid alumina ancient antimony appellation Asia Minor Bailey BEZANT born botanist botany brought called Cape celebrated century chiefly church cloth colour copper corruption Côte-d'Or Creswell dance derive the word Dict discovered doctrines doubtless named East Indies Encyc England formerly France French genus of plants German Greek Greek language hence Hist honour of Dr India invented inventor iron island Italian Italy J. C. Hotten John kind king language lime Linnæus Linnæus in honour magnesia manganese manufactured Ménage metal mineral mineral consisting Monogynia name given named by Linnæus named in honour native occurring Oléron origin oxide Paris Pertaining physician principal probably named professor resembling Roman Rome S. F. Creswell says shrubs silica silicate silk silver sort South America Spain Spanish species sterling strontian supposed term applied town tree Tuscany variety Webster whence wine woollen writer
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302 psl. - O'er heaven's high towers to force resistless way, Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the Torturer ; when to meet the noise Of his almighty engine he shall hear Infernal thunder, and for lightning see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage Among his angels ; and his throne itself Mixt with Tartarean sulphur and strange fire, His own invented torments.
91 psl. - But if it be a question of words, and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. 16 And he drave them from the judgment- seat. 17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat: and Gallio cared for none of those things.
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